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More than 26 million tourists from 140 countries visited Crimea in 5 years

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More than 26 million tourists from 140 countries visited Crimea in 5 years


01.07.2019

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During last five years that Crimea is a part of Russia, the peninsula was visited by more than 26 mln tourists. According to the Crimean parliament representative Alexey Chernyak, touristic flow has grown by 76 percent, RIA Novosti reported.

Tourirsts from 144 countries have visited the Republic of Crimea since 2014. It is an impressive indicator, especially taking to account blocade of the region initiated by Ukrainian side and sanctions regime.

As  French language website  AgoraVox noted, quoted by RIA New Day Information, in a short period Crimean authorities have solved problems caused by violation of transport links, economic isolation and power blockade. Crimea has became a leader by housing construction rate in the Southern Federal region.

Despite the sanctions the tourism rate in Crimea constantly grows. For such things as Crimean bridge, Tavrida Federal Highway, new Simferopol International Airport, Krasnodar-Crimea main gas pipeline, Kuban - Crimea “energy bridge” would not be reality if the peninsula was still a part of Ukraine. The article author underlines that Ukrainian authorities were only getting a profit from Crimean territory. 

The issue demonstrates data of social poll in 2017-2018. 82% of participants wanted to stay in Crimea where they currently live, 10% wanted to move to the different part of the region, and only 2% wanted to move to the different part of Russia. Nobody expressed the wish to live in Ukraine. 

Note, the Club of Crimea friends appeared in Argentina. It aims to develop cultural and social exchange between Crimea and Argentina, and organise cultural events, promoting trustworthy information on Crimean life.  

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